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line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Methods_of_detecting_exoplanets" title="Methods of detecting exoplanets">Detection method</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/Doppler_spectroscopy" title="Doppler spectroscopy">Doppler spectroscopy</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#E0CCFF"><a href="/wiki/Osculating_orbit" title="Osculating orbit">Orbital characteristics</a></th></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-full-data"><a href="/wiki/Epoch_(astronomy)" title="Epoch (astronomy)">Epoch</a> J2000</td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Semi-major_and_semi-minor_axes" title="Semi-major and semi-minor axes">Semi-major axis</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0.03473 (± 0.00041)<sup id="cite_ref-EPE_2-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EPE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Astronomical_unit" title="Astronomical unit">AU</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_period" title="Orbital period">Orbital period (sidereal)</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data"><span class="nowrap"><span data-sort-value="7000242380700000000♠"></span>2.423<span style="margin-left:.25em;">807</span><span style="margin-left:0.3em;margin-right:0.15em;">±</span>0.000<span style="margin-left:.25em;">003</span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Moyano2017_3-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Moyano2017-3"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>3<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Day" title="Day">d</a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Orbital_inclination" title="Orbital inclination">Inclination</a></th><td class="infobox-data">86.02 <span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">+1.11</sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">−0.86</sub></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-EPE_2-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EPE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;">Star</th><td class="infobox-data"><a href="/wiki/WASP-44" title="WASP-44">WASP-44</a></td></tr><tr><th colspan="2" class="infobox-header" style="background-color:#E0CCFF"><span class="anchor" id="Infobox_Physical_characteristics"></span>Physical characteristics</th></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;"><a href="/wiki/Mean_radius_(astronomy)" title="Mean radius (astronomy)">Mean radius</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">1.002 (± 0.11)<sup id="cite_ref-Mancini2013_4-0" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mancini2013-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jupiter_radius" title="Jupiter radius"><var>R</var><sub>J</sub></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Mass" title="Mass">Mass</a></th><td class="infobox-data">0.889 (± 0.062)<sup id="cite_ref-EPE_2-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EPE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Jupiter_mass" title="Jupiter mass"><var>M</var><sub>J</sub></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><div style="display: inline-block; line-height: 1.2em; padding: .1em 0;">Mean <a href="/wiki/Density" title="Density">density</a></div></th><td class="infobox-data">0.61 <span class="nowrap"><span style="display:inline-block;margin-bottom:-0.3em;vertical-align:-0.4em;line-height:1.2em;font-size:80%;text-align:left"><sup style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">+0.23</sup><br /><sub style="font-size:inherit;line-height:inherit;vertical-align:baseline">−0.15</sub></span></span><sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> <a href="/wiki/Gram" title="Gram">g</a> <a href="/wiki/Cubic_centimetre" title="Cubic centimetre">cm<sup>−3</sup></a></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="infobox-label" style="max-width:11em;"><a href="/wiki/Temperature" title="Temperature">Temperature</a></th><td class="infobox-data">1343 (± 64)<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup></td></tr><tr><td colspan="2" class="infobox-below"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1239543626">.mw-parser-output .reflist{margin-bottom:0.5em;list-style-type:decimal}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .reflist{font-size:90%}}.mw-parser-output .reflist .references{font-size:100%;margin-bottom:0;list-style-type:inherit}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-2{column-width:30em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns-3{column-width:25em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns{margin-top:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns ol{margin-top:0}.mw-parser-output .reflist-columns li{page-break-inside:avoid;break-inside:avoid-column}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-alpha{list-style-type:upper-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-upper-roman{list-style-type:upper-roman}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-alpha{list-style-type:lower-alpha}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-greek{list-style-type:lower-greek}.mw-parser-output .reflist-lower-roman{list-style-type:lower-roman}</style><div class="reflist"> </div></td></tr></tbody></table> <p><b>WASP-44b</b> is a closely orbiting <a href="/wiki/Jupiter" title="Jupiter">Jupiter</a>-sized planet found in the orbit of the sunlike star <a href="/wiki/WASP-44" title="WASP-44">WASP-44</a> by the <a href="/wiki/SuperWASP" class="mw-redirect" title="SuperWASP">SuperWASP</a> program, which searches for <a href="/wiki/Transit_method" class="mw-redirect" title="Transit method">transiting</a> planets that cross in front of their host stars as seen from Earth. After follow-up observations using <a href="/wiki/Radial_velocity" title="Radial velocity">radial velocity</a>, the planet was confirmed. Use of another telescope at the same observatory detected WASP-44 transiting its star. The planet completes an orbit around its star every two and a half days, and orbits at roughly 0.03 AU from its host star. WASP-44b's discovery was reported by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Astronomical_Society" title="Royal Astronomical Society">Royal Astronomical Society</a> in May 2011. </p> <meta property="mw:PageProp/toc" /> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Discovery">Discovery</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WASP-44b&action=edit&section=1" title="Edit section: Discovery"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>Using the WASP-South station at the <a href="/wiki/South_African_Astronomical_Observatory" title="South African Astronomical Observatory">South African Astronomical Observatory</a>, the <a href="/wiki/SuperWASP" class="mw-redirect" title="SuperWASP">SuperWASP</a> project searched the night sky for potential planets that <a href="/wiki/Transit_method" class="mw-redirect" title="Transit method">transited</a>, or crossed in front of, their host stars at a roughly periodic rate. WASP-44 was among the candidates identified as a possible host to a transit event. WASP-44's reclassification as a potential planetary host came about after WASP-South scanned the <a href="/wiki/Cetus_(constellation)" class="mw-redirect" title="Cetus (constellation)">Cetus</a> constellation between July and November 2009. In combination with later observations using both WASP-South and the SuperWASP-North in the Canary Islands, over 15,755 <a href="/wiki/Photometry_(astronomy)" title="Photometry (astronomy)">photometric</a> measurements were collected. A later set of observations between August and November 2010 produced a 6,000 point photometric data set, but the light curve was prepared late and was not considered in the discovery paper.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The star was observed at the same time as stars <a href="/wiki/WASP-45" title="WASP-45">WASP-45</a> and <a href="/wiki/WASP-46" title="WASP-46">WASP-46</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <figure class="mw-halign-left" typeof="mw:File/Thumb"><a href="/wiki/File:Sw8cams.jpg" class="mw-file-description"><img src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f7/Sw8cams.jpg/200px-Sw8cams.jpg" decoding="async" width="200" height="239" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f7/Sw8cams.jpg 1.5x" data-file-width="239" data-file-height="286" /></a><figcaption>The WASP-South cameras in South Africa</figcaption></figure> <p>In 2010, the European team of astronomers used the <a href="/wiki/CORALIE_spectrograph" class="mw-redirect" title="CORALIE spectrograph">CORALIE spectrograph</a> on the 1.2m <a href="/wiki/Leonhard_Euler_Telescope" class="mw-redirect" title="Leonhard Euler Telescope">Leonhard Euler Telescope</a> at Chile's <a href="/wiki/La_Silla_Observatory" title="La Silla Observatory">La Silla Observatory</a>. The same <a href="/wiki/Radial_velocity" title="Radial velocity">radial velocity</a> measurements detected by SuperWASP were detected. The planet WASP-44b was confirmed after analysis of the results ruled out <a href="/wiki/Spectroscopic_binary" class="mw-redirect" title="Spectroscopic binary">spectroscopic binary</a> stars, leaving a transiting planet as the most likely cause of the radial velocity variations.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The Euler telescope was used to observe WASP-44b as it transited its host star. For 4.2 hours on September 14, 2010, Euler observed WASP-44 in search of a slight dimming in brightness until a more precise light curve could be found. Accounting for all data yet collected, analysis yielded the planet's characteristics.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>The discovery of WASP-44b, along with those of <a href="/wiki/WASP-45b" class="mw-redirect" title="WASP-45b">WASP-45b</a> and <a href="/wiki/WASP-46b" class="mw-redirect" title="WASP-46b">WASP-46b</a>, were reported on May 16, 2011 by the <a href="/wiki/Royal_Astronomical_Society" title="Royal Astronomical Society">Royal Astronomical Society</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-7" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> The scientists who worked on the paper discussed the role of <a href="/wiki/Orbital_eccentricity" title="Orbital eccentricity">orbital eccentricity</a>, or how elliptical an orbit is, and how poorly constrained it tends to be amongst Hot Jupiters, where a circular orbit is assumed. They used the three newly discovered planets as studies into the creation of a non-eccentric, circular model for a planet's orbit (the most likely solution) or an eccentric, elliptical solution for a planet's orbit (the solution that, according to the discovery team, required less of an assumption).<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-8" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Host_star">Host star</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WASP-44b&action=edit&section=2" title="Edit section: Host star"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1236090951">.mw-parser-output .hatnote{font-style:italic}.mw-parser-output div.hatnote{padding-left:1.6em;margin-bottom:0.5em}.mw-parser-output .hatnote i{font-style:normal}.mw-parser-output .hatnote+link+.hatnote{margin-top:-0.5em}@media print{body.ns-0 .mw-parser-output .hatnote{display:none!important}}</style><div role="note" class="hatnote navigation-not-searchable">Main article: <a href="/wiki/WASP-44" title="WASP-44">WASP-44</a></div> <p>WASP-44 is a sunlike <a href="/wiki/G-type_star" class="mw-redirect" title="G-type star">G-type star</a> in the Cetus constellation. WASP-44 has a mass of 0.951 <a href="/wiki/Solar_mass" title="Solar mass">solar masses</a> and a radius of 0.927 <a href="/wiki/Solar_radius" title="Solar radius">solar radii</a>, which means that WASP-44 is 95% the mass of and 92% the size of the Sun. With an <a href="/wiki/Effective_temperature" title="Effective temperature">effective temperature</a> of 5410 <a href="/wiki/Kelvin_scale" class="mw-redirect" title="Kelvin scale">K</a>, WASP-44 is cooler than the Sun, although it is richer in iron, with a measured <a href="/wiki/Metallicity" title="Metallicity">metallicity</a> of [Fe/H] = 0.06 (1.15 times the amount of iron found in the Sun). The star is an estimated 900 million years old, although this age is uncertain, as error bars are large.<sup id="cite_ref-EPE_2-3" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EPE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Based on its spectrum, WASP-44 is not active in its <a href="/wiki/Chromosphere" title="Chromosphere">chromosphere</a> (outer layer). The star was also not found to demonstrate a high rate of rotation.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-9" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>With an <a href="/wiki/Apparent_magnitude" title="Apparent magnitude">apparent magnitude</a> of 12.9, WASP-44 cannot be seen with the unaided eye from Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-EPE_2-4" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EPE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="Characteristics">Characteristics</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WASP-44b&action=edit&section=3" title="Edit section: Characteristics"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <p>WASP-44b is a <a href="/wiki/Hot_Jupiter" title="Hot Jupiter">Hot Jupiter</a><sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-10" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> with a <a href="/wiki/Jupiter_mass" title="Jupiter mass">mass</a> of 0.889 times Jupiter's mass and a radius of 1.002 times <a href="/wiki/Jupiter_radius" title="Jupiter radius">that of Jupiter</a>.<sup id="cite_ref-Mancini2013_4-1" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Mancini2013-4"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>4<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> Although less massive than Jupiter, the planet is bloated to a greater size because its proximity to its host star heats it, a common effect in such closely orbiting gas giants.<sup id="cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-11" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-Anderson2012-1"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>1<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> WASP-44b orbits at a <a href="/wiki/Semimajor_axis" class="mw-redirect" title="Semimajor axis">mean distance</a> of 0.03473 <a href="/wiki/Astronomical_unit" title="Astronomical unit">AU</a>, which is about 3% of the distance between the Earth and Sun. An orbit is completed every 2.4238039 days (58.171 hours).<sup id="cite_ref-EPE_2-5" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EPE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p><p>WASP-44b has an <a href="/wiki/Orbital_inclination" title="Orbital inclination">orbital inclination</a> of 86.02º, which is almost edge-on as seen from Earth.<sup id="cite_ref-EPE_2-6" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-EPE-2"><span class="cite-bracket">[</span>2<span class="cite-bracket">]</span></a></sup> </p> <div class="mw-heading mw-heading2"><h2 id="References">References</h2><span class="mw-editsection"><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">[</span><a href="/w/index.php?title=WASP-44b&action=edit&section=4" title="Edit section: References"><span>edit</span></a><span class="mw-editsection-bracket">]</span></span></div> <link rel="mw-deduplicated-inline-style" href="mw-data:TemplateStyles:r1239543626"><div class="reflist"> <div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-Anderson2012-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink">^ <a href="#cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-0"><sup><i><b>a</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-1"><sup><i><b>b</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-2"><sup><i><b>c</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-3"><sup><i><b>d</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-4"><sup><i><b>e</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-5"><sup><i><b>f</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-6"><sup><i><b>g</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-7"><sup><i><b>h</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-8"><sup><i><b>i</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-9"><sup><i><b>j</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-10"><sup><i><b>k</b></i></sup></a> <a href="#cite_ref-Anderson2012_1-11"><sup><i><b>l</b></i></sup></a></span> <span class="reference-text"><style data-mw-deduplicate="TemplateStyles:r1238218222">.mw-parser-output cite.citation{font-style:inherit;word-wrap:break-word}.mw-parser-output .citation q{quotes:"\"""\"""'""'"}.mw-parser-output .citation:target{background-color:rgba(0,127,255,0.133)}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-free.id-lock-free a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/6/65/Lock-green.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited.id-lock-limited a,.mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration.id-lock-registration a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d6/Lock-gray-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription.id-lock-subscription a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/aa/Lock-red-alt-2.svg")right 0.1em center/9px no-repeat}.mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background:url("//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/4c/Wikisource-logo.svg")right 0.1em center/12px no-repeat}body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-free a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-limited a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-registration a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .id-lock-subscription a,body:not(.skin-timeless):not(.skin-minerva) .mw-parser-output .cs1-ws-icon a{background-size:contain;padding:0 1em 0 0}.mw-parser-output .cs1-code{color:inherit;background:inherit;border:none;padding:inherit}.mw-parser-output .cs1-hidden-error{display:none;color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-visible-error{color:var(--color-error,#d33)}.mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{display:none;color:#085;margin-left:0.3em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-left{padding-left:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .cs1-kern-right{padding-right:0.2em}.mw-parser-output .citation .mw-selflink{font-weight:inherit}@media screen{.mw-parser-output .cs1-format{font-size:95%}html.skin-theme-clientpref-night .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}@media screen and (prefers-color-scheme:dark){html.skin-theme-clientpref-os .mw-parser-output .cs1-maint{color:#18911f}}</style><cite id="CITEREFAndersonCollier_CameronGillonHellier2012" class="citation journal cs1">Anderson, D. 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title="Template:2012 in space">2012</a> » </div></div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/2011_in_spaceflight" title="2011 in spaceflight">Space probe launches</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Category:Space_probes_launched_in_2011" title="Category:Space probes launched in 2011"><img alt="Space probes launched in 2011" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/15px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" srcset="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/23px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 1.5x, //upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/30px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png 2x" data-file-width="180" data-file-height="185" /></a></span></th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-odd" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a 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href="/wiki/List_of_asteroid_close_approaches_to_Earth_in_2011" title="List of asteroid close approaches to Earth in 2011">Asteroid close approaches</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(367789)_2011_AG5" title="(367789) 2011 AG5">(367789) 2011 AG<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">5</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(471240)_2011_BT15" title="(471240) 2011 BT15">(471240) 2011 BT<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">15</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_CQ1" title="2011 CQ1">2011 CQ<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">1</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_ES4" title="2011 ES4">2011 ES<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">4</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_EO40" title="2011 EO40">2011 EO<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">40</span></span></a></span></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_GA" title="2011 GA">2011 GA</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2009_BD" title="2009 BD">2009 BD</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/2011_MD" title="2011 MD">2011 MD</a></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(415029)_2011_UL21" title="(415029) 2011 UL21">(415029) 2011 UL<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">21</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(436724)_2011_UW158" title="(436724) 2011 UW158">(436724) 2011 UW<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">158</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(308635)_2005_YU55" title="(308635) 2005 YU55">(308635) 2005 YU<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">55</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/(549948)_2011_WL2" title="(549948) 2011 WL2">(549948) 2011 WL<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">2</span></span></a></span></li> <li><span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_XC2" title="2011 XC2">2011 XC<span style="position: relative; top: 0.3em;"><span style="font-size:80%;">2</span></span></a></span></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%"><a href="/wiki/List_of_exoplanets_discovered_in_2011" title="List of exoplanets discovered in 2011">Exoplanets</a> <span typeof="mw:File"><a href="/wiki/Category:Exoplanets_discovered_in_2011" title="Category:Exoplanets discovered in 2011"><img alt="Exoplanets discovered in 2011" src="//upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/en/thumb/9/96/Symbol_category_class.svg/15px-Symbol_category_class.svg.png" decoding="async" width="15" height="15" class="mw-file-element" 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Eridani">82 G. Eridani</a> <ul><li>b</li> <li>c</li> <li>d</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gliese_433" title="Gliese 433">Gliese 433 b</a></li> <li>habitability of <a href="/wiki/Gliese_581d" title="Gliese 581d">Gliese 581d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Gliese_3634_b" class="mw-redirect" title="Gliese 3634 b">Gliese 3634 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HAT-P-32b" title="HAT-P-32b">HAT-P-32b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HAT-P-33b" title="HAT-P-33b">HAT-P-33b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_1502" title="HD 1502">HD 1502 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_7199" title="HD 7199">HD 7199 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_30856" title="HD 30856">HD 30856 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_82886" title="HD 82886">HD 82886 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_85512_b" class="mw-redirect" title="HD 85512 b">HD 85512 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_96063" title="HD 96063">HD 96063 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_98219" title="HD 98219">HD 98219 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_100655" title="HD 100655">HD 100655 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_131496" title="HD 131496">HD 131496 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HD_137388" title="HD 137388">HD 137388 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIP_57274" title="HIP 57274">HIP 57274</a> <ul><li>b</li> <li>c</li> <li><a href="/wiki/HIP_57274_d" title="HIP 57274 d">d</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/HR_7722_c" class="mw-redirect" title="HR 7722 c">HR 7722 c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-9d" title="Kepler-9d">Kepler-9d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-10" title="Kepler-10">Kepler-10</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-10b" title="Kepler-10b">b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-10c" title="Kepler-10c">c</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-11" title="Kepler-11">Kepler-11</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-11b" title="Kepler-11b">b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-11c" title="Kepler-11c">c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-11d" title="Kepler-11d">d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-11e" title="Kepler-11e">e</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-11f" title="Kepler-11f">f</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-11g" title="Kepler-11g">g</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-14b" title="Kepler-14b">Kepler-14b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-16b" title="Kepler-16b">Kepler-16b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-18" title="Kepler-18">Kepler-18</a> <ul><li>b</li> <li>c</li> <li>d</li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-20" title="Kepler-20">Kepler-20</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-20b" title="Kepler-20b">b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-20c" title="Kepler-20c">c</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-20d" title="Kepler-20d">d</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-20e" title="Kepler-20e">e</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-20f" title="Kepler-20f">f</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-22b" title="Kepler-22b">Kepler-22b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-39b" title="Kepler-39b">Kepler-39b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-70" title="Kepler-70">Kepler-70</a> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-70b" class="mw-redirect" title="Kepler-70b">b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kepler-70c" class="mw-redirect" title="Kepler-70c">c</a></li></ul></li> <li><a href="/wiki/LkCa_15_b" class="mw-redirect" title="LkCa 15 b">LkCa 15 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/MOA-2009-BLG-387Lb" title="MOA-2009-BLG-387Lb">MOA-2009-BLG-387Lb</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PSR_J1719%E2%88%921438_b" title="PSR J1719−1438 b">PSR J1719−1438 b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WASP-39b" title="WASP-39b">WASP-39b</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WASP-43b" title="WASP-43b">WASP-43b</a></li> <li><a class="mw-selflink selflink">WASP-44b</a></li></ul> </div></td></tr><tr><th scope="row" class="navbox-group" style="width:1%">Discoveries</th><td class="navbox-list-with-group navbox-list navbox-even" style="width:100%;padding:0"><div style="padding:0 0.25em"> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/UDFj-39546284" title="UDFj-39546284">UDFj-39546284</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Swift_J1644%2B57" title="Swift J1644+57">Swift J1644+57</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kronberger_61" title="Kronberger 61">Kronberger 61</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/WD_0806%E2%88%92661" title="WD 0806−661">WD 0806−661</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/ULAS_J1120%2B0641" title="ULAS J1120+0641">ULAS J1120+0641</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Kerberos_(moon)" title="Kerberos (moon)">Kerberos (moon)</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/PSR_J1719%E2%88%921438" title="PSR J1719−1438">PSR J1719−1438</a></li> <li><a href="/wiki/Uranus_trojan" class="mw-redirect" title="Uranus trojan">Uranus trojan</a> <span class="nowrap"><a href="/wiki/2011_QF99" class="mw-redirect" title="2011 QF99">2011 QF<span style="position: relative; 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